Sony Playstation 4 was released in November 2013. – N. DATICHE / SIPA / AP

rumors that ran about a 4.5 to PlayStation materialized suddenly. Taking everyone short of a few hours of the opening of E3, Sony on Friday announced a new version of its home console, supposed to help it maintain its lead over rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.

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This new version, dubbed “Neo PlayStation 4″ will be a “premium” version of the PS4, said Andrew House, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the Financial Times . With better graphics and a 4K resolution, it will be sold more expensive than the $ 350 that is the United States the current PlayStation because the leader wants “profitable from the start.”

The timing of this announcement just before the show E3, which opens Sunday in Los Angeles, can legitimately be interpreted as a strategy to style the post Microsoft, which is preparing to also communicate over a doped version of its Xbox one. However, Andrew House warned that Neo would not be shown to the public at the American gathering of the video game industry. So we will have to wait Gamescom in August, the Tokyo Game Show in September or even, why not, the Paris Games Week in October to see the beast

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Last precision, all games come out in the future will be compatible with both the PlayStation 4 with the current Neo. For developers, which will optimize their games for both versions, there will be a “little extra work that will be manageable”, found Andrew House.

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